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The District Nurse #5
The District Nurses Make a Wish
The new heartwarming and nostalgic read in the bestselling wartime District Nurses seriesFor the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat – the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse, Iris, must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff.
Meanwhile Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend Joe has survived D-day – she can barely sleep for wondering if he ever received her letter in which she promised to wait for him? Others too are in limbo, not knowing if their loved ones have made it through. With the end almost in sight, the district nurses must dig deep if they are to keep London going…
Meanwhile Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend Joe has survived D-day – she can barely sleep for wondering if he ever received her letter in which she promised to wait for him? Others too are in limbo, not knowing if their loved ones have made it through. With the end almost in sight, the district nurses must dig deep if they are to keep London going…
409 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 28, 2021
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Annie Groves
40 books171 followersPenelope Jones Halsall aka: Caroline Courtney, Penny Jordan, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 in a Preston, Lancashire, England.
She had been a keen reader from the childhood. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction.
She has earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, she found an agent. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her name to Melinda Wright and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her present historical romance novels, she has adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70m of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Now Penny Halsall lived in a house in Nantwich, Cheshire. She worked from home.
Penny died on 31 December 2011.
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 in a Preston, Lancashire, England.
She had been a keen reader from the childhood. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction.
She has earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, she found an agent. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her name to Melinda Wright and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her present historical romance novels, she has adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70m of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Now Penny Halsall lived in a house in Nantwich, Cheshire. She worked from home.
Penny died on 31 December 2011.
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May 11, 2023
Love this series and have enjoyed this one, getting to follow through the nurses' and the introduction of Iris
However i cant quite put my finger on it but there was something missing from this one, and was disappointed at some characters not being included such as Kath and her husband - thought theyd at least get a mention in the end of war party but despite this i throughly enjoyed the story and the mini plots inbetween with the twists and turns
However i cant quite put my finger on it but there was something missing from this one, and was disappointed at some characters not being included such as Kath and her husband - thought theyd at least get a mention in the end of war party but despite this i throughly enjoyed the story and the mini plots inbetween with the twists and turns
January 10, 2022
“The District Nurses make a Wish”
Another beautifully insightful book by Annie Groves in which …
"the experiences of the war are poignantly described"
Loved it!!
Another beautifully insightful book by Annie Groves in which …
"the experiences of the war are poignantly described"
Loved it!!
June 4, 2024
The end yo a good series about the nurses during WW2
November 15, 2021
For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat – the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse, Iris, must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff.Meanwhile Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend Joe has survived D-day – she can barely sleep for wondering if he ever received her letter in which she promised to wait for him? Others too are in limbo, not knowing if their loved ones have made it through. With the end almost in sight, the district nurses must dig deep if they are to keep London going…The first Inspector General of QNI
was Rosalind Paget, a niece of William Rathbone who trained as a nurse herself. She devoted her life to nursing and midwifery, serving as a Council member until 1946 and editing ‘Nursing Notes’, the first nursing journal, for fifty years. In 1934 she was made a Dame for her services to the improvement of midwifery services.The Metropolitan and National Nursing Association and the Rural District Nursing Association were absorbed into the new charity.Modern school nursing started around 1891 when Queen’s Nurses began visiting schools in London and it was realised that schoolchildren suffered from a wide variety of simple ailments made worse by lack of treatment. William Rathbone’s wife was instrumental in starting school nursing in Liverpool soon afterwards. ‘Health visiting’ as a specialism also had its origins around this time, though there was some common ground between the roles of health visitors, midwives and district nurses for years to come.The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the English city of Plymouth.The royal dockyards at HMNB Devonport were the main target in order to facilitate Nazi German efforts during the Battle of the Atlantic.
was Rosalind Paget, a niece of William Rathbone who trained as a nurse herself. She devoted her life to nursing and midwifery, serving as a Council member until 1946 and editing ‘Nursing Notes’, the first nursing journal, for fifty years. In 1934 she was made a Dame for her services to the improvement of midwifery services.The Metropolitan and National Nursing Association and the Rural District Nursing Association were absorbed into the new charity.Modern school nursing started around 1891 when Queen’s Nurses began visiting schools in London and it was realised that schoolchildren suffered from a wide variety of simple ailments made worse by lack of treatment. William Rathbone’s wife was instrumental in starting school nursing in Liverpool soon afterwards. ‘Health visiting’ as a specialism also had its origins around this time, though there was some common ground between the roles of health visitors, midwives and district nurses for years to come.The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the English city of Plymouth.The royal dockyards at HMNB Devonport were the main target in order to facilitate Nazi German efforts during the Battle of the Atlantic.
January 1, 2022
The finale of the district nurses series. It opens in June with rumours of D-day. They know it's going to happen but not the where or when. There's a new deadly weapon in the form of buzz bombs and sadly it takes the life of one of the nurses. This brings competent Iris into the mix. She came from nurses alone in the countryside but before that had worked in Plymouth. But she doesn't fit in well with the other nurses. All are younger than her and some resent her taking the place of their friend. But Iris is good at what she does and earns a reputation as an excellent professional nurse. She even becomes friends with Alice and Ruby. The story follows the nurses from just before D-day to VE-day as they deal with family drama, domestic abuse, black marketers and we even have a sweet ending for Pauline and her brother who have had a rough time of it. It was a nice way to end the series on an upbeat note the ladies looking forward to their futures with those they love and whatever is in store for them in the years to come.
August 2, 2022
What a great ending to a fantastic series! I’m sad it’s over as became a guaranteed, will enjoy every book I pick up in the series kind of series and it’s all over! None of them disappointed and this one saw it off expertly, wrapped up in a neat little bow.
We’ve come to know the main core of characters, Alice, the Banham family, Mary, Edith, Ruby and co. With Iris a new addition and a steady and engrossing plot to keep you reading. The nurses of victory walk never failed to amaze me and my admiration for those during this time increase exponentially the more I read.
This one sees it coming up towards the end of the war, with the terrifying doodlebug bombs, rationing as ever, increasingly difficult cases for the nurses and strength through Christmas and tough times. There’s love, heartbreak, wartime spirit and laughter aplenty as these tough girls navigate wartime.
I will really miss this series and definitely need a reread of it in the future. Loved it all!
We’ve come to know the main core of characters, Alice, the Banham family, Mary, Edith, Ruby and co. With Iris a new addition and a steady and engrossing plot to keep you reading. The nurses of victory walk never failed to amaze me and my admiration for those during this time increase exponentially the more I read.
This one sees it coming up towards the end of the war, with the terrifying doodlebug bombs, rationing as ever, increasingly difficult cases for the nurses and strength through Christmas and tough times. There’s love, heartbreak, wartime spirit and laughter aplenty as these tough girls navigate wartime.
I will really miss this series and definitely need a reread of it in the future. Loved it all!
November 1, 2021
Very good read
As always in this series there are the usual twists and turns and mix of characters who as the story develops all melt together and pull in the same direction. A very good read can highly recommend….
As always in this series there are the usual twists and turns and mix of characters who as the story develops all melt together and pull in the same direction. A very good read can highly recommend….
November 9, 2021
The District Nurses wished
Another great instalment in the lives of the nurses of Victory walk. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one
Another great instalment in the lives of the nurses of Victory walk. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one
February 13, 2023
Fairly satisfying conclusion to this enjoyable series of books.
March 26, 2023
Lovely read, had a “call the midwife”feel which Id say is a great compliment! Just so many characters to keep track of!
January 7, 2024
I didn’t realise it was one in a series
Bit predictable but nice enjoyable read
Bit predictable but nice enjoyable read
January 24, 2024
This was a harmless enough book of light reading that had one or two interesting moments but on the whole I found the book rather trite and boring and I just wanted to just get to the end of it.
There were several main characters but none of them were fleshed out sufficiently, except perhaps for Iris but even she could have been written about more deeply. Too much focus was placed on the mundane day to day work of the district nurses and it would have been more interesting to have been taken more deeply into their lives and inside their minds.
There were several main characters but none of them were fleshed out sufficiently, except perhaps for Iris but even she could have been written about more deeply. Too much focus was placed on the mundane day to day work of the district nurses and it would have been more interesting to have been taken more deeply into their lives and inside their minds.
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